Smoking Jacksonville AR

The harmful health effects of smoking cigarettes and tobacco are staggering yet so many people continue to smoke. Read the following articles to learn how you can overcome your smoking addiction and learn about the help options that are available.

Smokers not only develop wrinkles and yellow teeth, they also loose bone density,which increases their risk of OSTEOPOROSIS(a condition that causes older people to become bent over and their bones to break easily).Smokers tend to be less active than non-smokers because affects lung power.Smoking can also causes fertility problems in both men and women and can impact sexual health in males.

A big problem for many smokers trying to quit is handling the craving for nicotine. Nicotine increases the levels of chemicals in the brain that regulate mood, attention and memory, making it far more difficult to avoid a craving than many people might think. Smokefree.gov, an online resource designed to help those trying to quit, offers the following tips when trying to quit.

Cigarette smoking accounts for at least 30% of all cancer deaths. It is a major cause of cancers of the lung, larynx (voice box), oral cavity, pharynx (throat), and esophagus, and is a contributing cause in the development of cancers of the bladder, pancreas, liver, uterine cervix, kidney, stomach, colon and rectum, and some leukemia. About 87% of lung smoking causes cancer deaths.

Smoking even a single cigarette can make the heart "stiffen" and not relax normally between contractions, researchers say. The Arizona Daily Star reported May 16 that a cardiac imaging study at the University of Arizona reveals that any amount of smoking can be dangerous. Read and find out more.